38.8725° N, 84.5861° W

CINCINNATI

Most Famous People Born in Cincinnati, United States

Notable people
1,772
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Baseball 12.5×

Cincinnati's bench is German-American old money and mid-century entertainment — the Lawyer class is the same Queen City bar that built the Taft political dynasty, the Novelist thread runs through the Over-the-Rhine literary generation, and a smaller Music vein traces from King Records and James Brown through the city's early rock-and-roll scene. The Basket cohort is the University of Cincinnati pipeline that sent Oscar Robertson north and kept sending players ever since.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cincinnati during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 168 notable births.

What Cincinnati Is Known For

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Baseball is Cincinnati's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (251).

Cincinnati over-indexes on baseball12.5× the global rate.

Cincinnati under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Baseball251
  2. Football203
  3. Politician152
  4. Actor135
  5. Basket72
  6. Lawyer54
  7. Painter42
  8. Writer40
  1. Baseball25112.5×
  2. Novelist273.9×
  3. Basket723.2×
  4. Lawyer541.8×
  5. Music391.5×
  1. Writer400.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Cincinnati's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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1,772 notable people

0601 SKATER

Greg Zuerlein (figure skater)

Born 1988

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0602 ROMANIST

Rudolph Schevill

1874 - 1946

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0603 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Susan J. Eggers

Born 1943

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0604 SURGEON

Thomas J. Fogarty

Born 1934

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0605 CERAMIST

Maria Longworth Storer

1849 - 1932

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0606 ACTOR

Jimmie Dodd

1910 - 1964

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0607 PHYSICIST

John Adam Fleming

1877 - 1956

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0608 MARTIAL ART

Kerry Schall

Born 1971

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0609 BASEBALL

Ron Oester

Born 1956

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0610 GOLF

Steve Flesch

Born 1967

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0611 BASEBALL

Alex Wimmers

Born 1988

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0612 BASEBALL

Charlie Leesman

Born 1987

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0613 PLAYER

John McNally (tennis)

Born 1998

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0614 LAWYER

Joseph L. Rauh Jr.

1911 - 1992

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0615 ACTOR

Iva Shepard

1886 - 1973

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0616 POLITICIAN

William E. Hess

1898 - 1986

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0617 MUSIC

Gordon Brisker

1937 - 2004

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0618 ARCHITECT

Leroy Buffington

1848 - 1931

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0619 PLAYER

Deja McClendon

Born 1992

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0620 BASKET

Bob Wiesenhahn

Born 1938

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0621 HISTORIAN

Frederic L. Holmes

1932 - 2003

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0622 NOVELIST

Rudy Wurlitzer

Born 1937

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0623 ENTOMOLOGIST

Annette Frances Braun

1884 - 1978

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0624 WRITER

Caroline Benn

1926 - 2000

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0625 FOOTBALL

Robert Hoernschemeyer

1925 - 1980

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0626 WRESTLER

Sean Casey (wrestler)

Born 1972

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0627 ORGANIST

Edmund J. Pendleton

1899 - 1987

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0628 POLITICIAN

P.G. Sittenfeld

Born 1984

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0629 NOVELIST

W. W. Fosdick

1825 - 1862

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0630 MATHEMATICIAN

William Boone (mathematician)

1920 - 1983

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0631 WRITER

Merlin Mann

Born 1966

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0632 PROFESSOR

Helen Taft Manning

1891 - 1987

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0633 FOOTBALL

Alex Bannister

Born 1979

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0634 LAWYER

William Evans Arthur

1825 - 1897

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0635 NOVELIST

Byrd Spilman Dewey

1856 - 1942

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0636 COMEDIAN

Gary Owen (comedian)

Born 1974

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0637 JOURNALIST

Glenn Kessler (journalist)

Born 1959

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0638 CHOREOGRAPHER

Ralph Lemon

Born 1952

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0639 BUSINESS

Charles Elliott Perkins

1840 - 1907

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0640 ENTREPRENEUR

Joseph Ray Watkins

1840 - 1911

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0641 COMPOSER

Leon René

1902 - 1982

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0642 RELIGIOUS

Father Yod

1922 - 1975

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0643 SINGER

Tricia Brock

Born 1979

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0644 JOURNALIST

Elizabeth Drew

Born 1935

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0645 ARTIST

Claire Zeisler

1903 - 1991

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0646 SWIMMER

Deena Deardurff

Born 1957

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0647 ACTOR

Cliff Emmich

Born 1936

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0648 LAWYER

Gilbert Bettman

1881 - 1942

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0649 SWIMMER

Rebecca Jasontek

Born 1975

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0650 FOOTBALL

Andrew Norwell

Born 1991

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0651 GYMNAST

Lexie Priessman

Born 1997

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0652 LAWYER

Charles Tatgenhorst Jr.

1883 - 1961

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0653 POLITICIAN

Charles Stewart Voorhees

1853 - 1909

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0654 ACTOR

Missy Doty

Born 1972

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0655 FOOTBALL

Michael Booker

Born 1975

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0656 PAINTER

Florence Esté

1860 - 1926

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0657 SKATER

Katherine Copely

Born 1988

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0658 JUDGE

Jacob H. Bromwell

1848 - 1924

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0659 PRIEST

Francis Beckman

1875 - 1948

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0660 BASEBALL

Bob Nieman

1927 - 1985

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0661 NEUROSCIENTIST

Joseph Bogen

1926 - 2005

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0662 LAWYER

Richard Ely Bird

1878 - 1955

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0663 POLITICIAN

James Edward Ruffin

1893 - 1977

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0664 WRITER

Helen Eustis

1916 - 2015

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0665 LAWYER

Wade H. Ellis

1866 - 1948

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0666 NOVELIST

Louis Kronenberger

1904 - 1980

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0667 PRIEST

Anthony John King Mussio

1902 - 1978

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0668 PAINTER

Eugene Savage

1883 - 1978

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0669 PLAYWRIGHT

Edna Sherry

1885 - 1967

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0670 POLITICIAN

William Yoast Morgan

1866 - 1932

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0671 JOURNALIST

T. S. Matthews

1901 - 1991

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0672 MUSIC

Cag Cagnolatti

1911 - 1983

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0673 NOVELIST

Tim Lucas

Born 1956

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0674 MUSIC

Amy London

Born 1957

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0675 PAINTER

Charles S. Kaelin

1858 - 1929

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0676 BASKET

Roland West (basketball)

Born 1944

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0677 SINGER

Mandy Harvey

Born 1988

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0678 FOOTBALL

Greg Jones (linebacker, born 1988)

Born 1988

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0679 POLITICIAN

Joseph A. Dixon

1879 - 1942

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0680 FOOTBALL

Rocky Boiman

Born 1980

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0681 BASKET

John Wiethe

1912 - 1989

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0682 POLITICIAN

Ozro J. Dodds

1840 - 1882

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0683 JOURNALIST

Oscar Treadwell

1926 - 2006

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0684 BASEBALL

Charlie Gould

1847 - 1917

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0685 POLITICIAN

Harold G. Mosier

1889 - 1971

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0686 FOOTBALL

Dale Carter

Born 1969

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0687 ART DEALER

Richard Bellamy (art dealer)

1927 - 1998

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0688 FOOTBALL

Ricky Brown

Born 1983

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0689 POLITICIAN

Charles Wheelan

Born 1966

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0690 JUDGE

Marsha S. Berzon

Born 1945

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0691 OFFICER

Anthony Allaire

1820 - 1903

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0692 BASEBALL

Jack Boyle

1866 - 1913

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0693 NOVELIST

Jaclyn Reding

Born 1966

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0694 ACTOR

Joel Crothers

1941 - 1985

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0695 NOVELIST

Vicki Hendricks

Born 1951

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0696 SINGER

Tae Brooks

Born 1997

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0697 BASKET

Eric Taylor (Basketballspieler, 1976)

Born 1976

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0698 POLITICIAN

Charlene Mitchell

Born 1930

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0699 OFFICER

Nathaniel McLean

1815 - 1905

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0700 ACTOR

Saul Gorss

1908 - 1966

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0701 PAINTER

Lucile Lloyd

1894 - 1941

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0702 LAWYER

Thomas Geoghegan

Born 1949

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0703 COMPOSER

Julie Rivé-King

1854 - 1937

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0704 ASTRONOMER

Louis Agricola Bauer

1865 - 1932

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0705 JUDGE

William W. Rucker

1855 - 1936

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0706 SWIMMER

Dan Ketchum

Born 1981

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0707 MUSIC

William McDowell (musician)

Born 1976

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0708 BIOGRAPHER

Eliza Potter

1820 - 1893

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0709 BASEBALL

Scott McGregor (right-handed pitcher)

Born 1986

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0710 MARTIAL ART

Rafael Lovato Jr.

Born 1983

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0711 JOURNALIST

Delilah L. Beasley

1871 - 1934

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0712 FOOTBALL

Tony Hunter (American football)

Born 1960

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0713 BASEBALL

Daryl Boston

Born 1963

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0714 LAWYER

Michael J. Davis

Born 1947

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0715 BASKET

Tom King (basketball)

1924 - 2015

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0716 PHYSICIAN

Francis M. Forster

1912 - 2006

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0717 PHYSICIAN

Thomas Lathrop Stedman

1853 - 1938

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0718 BUSINESS

Frank Lane

1896 - 1981

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0719 PRIEST

Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann

1890 - 1972

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0720 MARTIAL ART

Dominique Steele

Born 1988

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0721 PSYCHIATRIST

Frederick K. Goodwin

1936 - 2020

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0722 LAWYER

George C. Young

1916 - 2015

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0723 OFFICER

William R. Terrill

1834 - 1862

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0724 BASEBALL

Bill Doran (second baseman)

Born 1958

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0725 LIBRARIAN

Rutherford P. Hayes

1858 - 1927

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0726 POLITICIAN

Leonidas F. Livingston

1832 - 1912

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0727 POLITICIAN

Julius Fleischmann

1871 - 1925

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0728 POLITICIAN

Alexander C. Mitchell

1860 - 1911

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0729 REAL ESTATE

Charles Keating III

Born 1955

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0730 GYMNAST

Peyton Ernst

Born 1997

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0731 MISSING

Steadman Vincent Sanford

1871 - 1945

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0732 FOOTBALL

Tank Carradine

Born 1989

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0733 THEOLOGIAN

Schubert M. Ogden

1928 - 2019

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0734 RADIO

Bill Cunningham (talk show host)

Born 1947

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0735 BASKET

Steven Esterkamp

Born 1981

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0736 ARCHER

Leonie Taylor

1870 - 1966

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0737 PAINTER

John Robinson Tait

1834 - 1909

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0738 FOOTBALL

Treston Decoud

Born 1993

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0739 HISTORIAN

Ferdinand Schevill

1868 - 1954

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0740 FOOTBALL

Jake Reed (American football)

Born 1967

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0741 PRIEST

Urban John Vehr

1891 - 1973

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0742 ENTREPRENEUR

Roger Horchow

1928 - 2020

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0743 DOCTOR

David Werner

Born 1934

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0744 PLAYER

Samuel Holt

Born 1993

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0745 BOXER

Charles Brown (boxer)

Born 1939

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0746 LAWYER

Earl T. Wagner

1908 - 1990

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0747 BASEBALL

Ethan Allen (baseball)

1904 - 1993

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0748 MUSIC

Thomas Martin (musician)

Born 1940

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0749 BASEBALL

Mike Bell (third baseman)

Born 1974

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0750 DRIVER

Caleb Bragg

1885 - 1943

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0751 SINGER

Tyler Ramsey

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0752 POET

William Matthews (poet)

1942 - 1997

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0753 POLITICIAN

John Doyle (West Virginia politician)

Born 1942

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0754 PAINTER

John Hauser

1859 - 1913

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0755 ACTOR

Kevin Allison

Born 1970

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0756 POET

Sara Bard Field

1882 - 1974

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0757 SLAVICIST

Irwin Weil

Born 1928

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0758 COMPOSER

John N. Klohr

1869 - 1956

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0759 BASKET

Jewell Young

1913 - 2003

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0760 POLITICIAN

William Hartshorn Bonsall

1846 - 1905

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0761 FOOTBALL

Joel Heath

Born 1993

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0762 ARTIST

Tony Tasset

Born 1960

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0763 PRODUCER

Mr. Dibbs

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0764 LAWYER

Charles Morgan Jr.

1930 - 2009

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0765 POLITICIAN

Tom Brinkman

Born 1957

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0766 FOOTBALL

Marc Edwards (American football)

Born 1974

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0767 POLITICIAN

Michael Joseph Gill

1864 - 1918

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0768 POLITICIAN

George John Kindel

1855 - 1930

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0769 SONGWRITER

Sheldon Reynolds (guitarist)

Born 1959

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0770 MUSIC

Kenny Poole

1947 - 2006

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0771 LAWYER

Henry M. Cist

1839 - 1902

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0772 FOOTBALL

Vinnie Clark

Born 1969

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0773 BUSINESS

Carl Lindner III

Born 1953

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0774 BASEBALL

Ed Brinkman

1941 - 2008

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0775 SINGER

Iman (singer)

Born 1986

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0776 PAINTER

Mary Augusta Mullikin

1874 - 1964

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0777 BASKET

Dan Tieman

1940 - 2012

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0778 ZOOLOGIST

William Doherty

1857 - 1901

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0779 ENGINEER

Arnold Spielberg

1917 - 2020

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0780 ASTRONOMER

Carol Christian

Born 1950

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0781 FOOTBALL

Eric Kresser

Born 1973

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0782 ACTOR

Hal Le Roy

1913 - 1985

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0783 WRITER

Rosanne Kohake

1951 - 2012

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0784 NOVELIST

Jennifer Chiaverini

Born 1969

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0785 FOOTBALL

Shane Curry

1968 - 1992

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0786 ACTOR

L. M. Wells

1862 - 1923

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0787 BASEBALL

Dan Rohrmeier

Born 1965

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0788 PAINTER

Daniel Greene (artist)

1934 - 2020

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0789 ENGINEER

Hugo Diemer

1870 - 1937

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0790 SINOLOGIST

George N. Kates

1895 - 1990

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0791 MUSIC

Nadi Qamar

Born 1917

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0792 POLITICIAN

George Chester Robinson Wagoner

1863 - 1946

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0793 ACTOR

Ann May

1901 - 1985

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0794 POET

Charles R. Tanner

1896 - 1974

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0795 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bertha Jaques

1863 - 1941

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0796 CERAMIST

Bennett Bean

Born 1941

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0797 MILITAR

Edmund L. Gruber

1879 - 1941

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0798 COMPOSER

Scott Lindroth

Born 1958

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0799 HISTORIAN

Tiya Alicia Miles

Born 1970

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0800 CHOREOGRAPHER

Andy Blankenbuehler

Born 1970

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0801 PRIEST

Carl K. Moeddel

1937 - 2009

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0802 LAWYER

Michael Ryan Barrett

Born 1951

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0803 POLITICIAN

Maureen Walsh

Born 1960

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0804 BASEBALL

Art Mahaffey

Born 1938

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0805 FILM

Maxwell Karger

1879 - 1922

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0806 JUDGE

Aaron H. Conrow

1824 - 1865

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0807 SONGWRITER

Abe Olman

1887 - 1984

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0808 JOURNALIST

Lisa Love (editor)

Born 1955

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0809 SINGER

Lee Roy Reams

Born 1942

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0810 BASEBALL

Scott Munninghoff

Born 1958

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0811 FOOTBALL

Kyle Smith (soccer, born 1992)

Born 1992

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0812 CHEMIST

Ralph Edward Oesper

1886 - 1977

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0813 BASKET

Mel Thomas

Born 1985

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0814 POLITICIAN

Joseph Brooks (politician)

1812 - 1877

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0815 MUSIC

Jerome Deupree

Born 1956

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0816 FOOTBALL

Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

Born 1947

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0817 MUSIC

Curtis Peagler

1929 - 1992

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0818 FOOTBALL

Dave Foley (American football)

Born 1947

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0819 SWIMMER

Kim Rhodenbaugh

Born 1966

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0820 ARCHITECT

Landis Gores

1919 - 1991

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0821 ACTOR

Sarah Truax

1872 - 1958

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0822 SINGER

Katie Reider

1978 - 2008

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0823 GEOGRAPHER

Susan Cutter

Born 1950

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0824 LIBRARIAN

Virginia Lacy Jones

1912 - 1984

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0825 DRIVER

Ted Horn

1910 - 1948

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0826 PAINTER

Albert Robert Valentien

1862 - 1925

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0827 FOOTBALL

Trevor Canfield

Born 1986

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0828 MUSIC

David Loud

Born 1961

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0829 FOOTBALL

Akeem Hunt

Born 1993

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0830 ENGINEER

Addams Stratton McAllister

1875 - 1946

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0831 BASEBALL

Tim Naehring

Born 1967

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0832 POLITICIAN

Harry Geisinger

1933 - 2015

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0833 FOOTBALL

Ron Carpenter (defensive back)

Born 1970

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0834 PAINTER

William Valentine Schevill

1864 - 1951

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0835 BASEBALL

August Herrmann

1859 - 1931

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0836 JOURNALIST

Tom Pettit

1931 - 1995

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0837 POLITICIAN

Blanche Long

1902 - 1998

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0838 POLITICIAN

David Pepper (politician)

Born 1971

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0839 BASEBALL

Red Dooin

1879 - 1952

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0840 PHOTOGRAPHER

Karl Bissinger

1914 - 2008

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0841 BASEBALL

Betsy Jochum

Born 1921

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0842 BASKET

Mike Benton

Born 1980

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0843 MILITAR

Jeffrey Carney

Born 1963

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0844 POLITICIAN

Roger Berliner

Born 1951

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0845 LAWYER

Todd Portune

1958 - 2020

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0846 FOOTBALL

Bryson Albright

Born 1994

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0847 PAINTER

Wilbur G. Adam

1898 - 1973

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0848 ACTOR

Fanny Midgley

1879 - 1932

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0849 PAINTER

Gerald Cassidy (artist)

1869 - 1934

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0850 FOOTBALL

Ray Nolting

1913 - 1995

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0851 GOLF

Jim Herman

Born 1977

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0852 RESEARCH

Leslie Z. Benet

Born 1937

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0853 ARTIST

Paul Marioni

Born 1941

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0854 PRIEST

Henry K. Moeller

1849 - 1925

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0855 JOURNALIST

David Dick (journalist)

1930 - 2010

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0856 ROWER

Margot Shumway

Born 1979

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0857 CHEMIST

David E. Nichols

Born 1944

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0858 LAWYER

William Odis Bertelsman

Born 1936

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0859 NOVELIST

Stuart Archer Cohen

Born 1958

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0860 FOOTBALL

Bob Crable

Born 1959

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0861 PAINTER

George Faulkner Wetherbee

1851 - 1920

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0862 FOOTBALL

Tony George (American football)

Born 1975

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0863 POLITICIAN

Bill Seitz

Born 1954

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0864 POLITICIAN

Denise Driehaus

Born 1967

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0865 ACTOR

Virginia Earle

1873 - 1937

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0866 LAWYER

John P. Slough

1829 - 1867

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0867 PRIEST

John Joseph Kaising

1936 - 2007

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0868 WRITER

Alexandra Day

Born 1941

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0869 CONDUCTOR

Gustav Dannreuther

1853 - 1923

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0870 FOOTBALL

Tom Herman (American football)

Born 1975

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0871 FOOTBALL

Carlton Gray

Born 1971

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0872 TEACHER

Rachel Bodley

1831 - 1888

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0873 WRITER

Karen Ackerman

Born 1951

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0874 POLITICIAN

Fred Strahorn

Born 1965

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0875 FOOTBALL

Milt Stegall

Born 1970

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0876 BASKET

Stephen Croone

Born 1994

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0877 BUSINESS

Brice Disque

1879 - 1960

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0878 MINISTER

Charles Richmond Henderson

1848 - 1915

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0879 DANCER

Pamella D'Pella

Born 1967

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0880 BUSINESS

Raymond V. Haysbert

1920 - 2010

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0881 MUSIC

Harry Pace

1884 - 1943

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0882 SINGER

Danielle White

Born 1992

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0883 BASEBALL

Richard Dotson

Born 1959

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0884 ASTRONOMER

Oswald Herbert Ernst

1842 - 1926

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0885 SPORT

Horace Bonser

1882 - 1934

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0886 BANK

Isaac Herbert Kempner

1873 - 1967

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0887 JOURNALIST

Bob Young (news anchor)

1923 - 2011

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0888 BASKET

Mick Cronin (basketball)

Born 1971

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0889 ACTOR

Virginia Payne

1909 - 1977

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0890 POLITICIAN

Murray Seasongood

1878 - 1983

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0891 ARTIST

Jennie C. Jones

Born 1968

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0892 HISTORIAN

John H. White Jr.

Born 1933

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0893 ACTOR

Amy Ferguson

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0894 PHOTOGRAPHER

Diana Mara Henry

Born 1948

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0895 LAWYER

Paul Huck

Born 1940

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0896 FOOTBALL

Steven Daniels

Born 1992

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0897 HISTORIAN

Nelson Minnich

Born 1942

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0898 BASEBALL

Skeeter Barnes

Born 1957

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0899 CLERGY

David Swing

1830 - 1894

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0900 ENTREPRENEUR

Powel Crosley Jr.

1886 - 1961

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